When my car broke down on the motorway, not a ___________ person stopped and offered to help me.

My best friend is about the ___________ person that I can trust my secrets to.

Allow about 200gms of rice for___________ person.

Democratic systems are based on the principle of___________ person, one vote.

The___________ person to give the correct answer wins the competition.

I wouldn’t go out with Damien if he were the ___________ person on earth!

2 Common adjective collocations

Match the two halves of these situations:

Federico’s a very private person.

Tom strikes me as a very humble person.

Bill’s a very insecure person.

Angie seems to be a responsible person.

Liz is the wrong person to talk to.

Harry’s not a very organised person.

Simon’s a lively, talkative person.

Jo will be remembered as a caring, thoughtful person.

a I think we can rely on her to finish the job.

b You’ll enjoy his company.

c He always arrives late for meetings.

d He was always doing things for other people.

e She can’t keep a secret for more than a minute.

f He keeps himself to himself.

g He’s got a lot of hang-ups and low self-esteem.

h He never talks about his achievements.

Now use these adjectives in the sentences below:

average difficult guilty poor

reasonable right stupid easy

After a difficult few months, there seems to be general agreement that Melanie is the ___________ person for the job.

It is a fact that the ___________ person in the street is much better-off today than they were twenty years ago.

The new finance director is not an ___________ person to deal with, is she? No, I’m finding her fairly___________, too.

The police are sifting through the evidence in an effort to find the___________ person.

What___________ person left the oven on all night! We could all have burnt to death!

What a state the room was in at the end of the party. I pity the ___________ person who had to clean the mess up.

Any ___________, right-minded person can see that this decision is not fair.

3 Kinds of person

Match up these people with the definitions:

a morning person

a displaced person

a missing person

an outdoor person

a people person

a somebody who has disappeared

b somebody who gets on well with almost anybody

c someone who is at their best before lunch

d somebody who likes walking, climbing etc.

e somebody who has been forced to leave their own country and has not found asylum in another country

Notes

1. Note this useful way of talking about someone:

He’s the type of person who always offers to help.

2. Note these expressions:

It gave me a big thrill to meet Sting in person after the concert.

Can I speak to the person in charge, please?

Police think they have found the person responsible for the attack.

Reactions to the treatment vary from person to person.

Rooms cost from £20 per person.

Customs officers found drugs concealed about his person.

3. This is a common question:

What’s Linda like as a person?

ANSWER KEY

Ex 1: 1. single 2. only 3. each 4. one 5. first 6. last

Ex 2:

1 -f 2-h 3-g 4-a 5-e 6-c 7-b 8-d

9 right 10 average 11 easy, difficult 12. guilty

13 stupid 14. poor 15. reasonable

Ex 3:

l-c 2-e 3-a 4-d 5-b

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